The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-07
HUNTING.
kTeR WHO has
NORTHWEST

by Hunters-hhing
he "Buck Fever"
pecr-Curiosity and
stiles.
deer hunter, tail, broad
VASCULAR. just from the
and wisconsin, was met
ouse. Staten Island, by a
[ed for some particulars
deer.
.orlv as many deer as ever
N tho northwest" " he said,
erv wild. Shooting them is
lort with us, and there are
no make living at it. The
]eer killed out there runs from
,nds. The way wo hunt them
bavo what we call runways-
hcined paths leading from their
zinr grounds to creek or river.
SO runways and station ourselves
Is adjoining A maa is detailed
dogs and go a mile or so ahead
Ie deer from tho feeding ground.
Ills of once take to their accustomed
and arc then shot by the hunters
DC in tho woods. 1t is no easy mat
I'm a deer when it is running, for you
always shoot too high. When deer
site to you if you whistle or make an
pll sound their great sense Of curiosity
equently cause them to stop and then
time to shoot. The deer hunting sea-
Extends from October to December. Not
llaco saw two deer shot with one shot.
i was large buck weighing fully 2j0
bnds. and tho other q doe of probably 175
n <-l,@ -, IL L.
b and the hunter was standing only a few
ds from the runway"
P"Do they fight when wounded"'
"Indeed they 10. Let q wounded buck
let at you onca and it is almost certain
Heath. Their boots are as sharp as knives,
land they use them as their weapons, jump
ing on and stirling you with them. | have
known of old end experienced hunters being
lsliph trees to get out of the way of
Ick. You want to see a deer
hake A rattlesnake cannot
is coiled up. The deer seems
and when the snake is fully
to strike, the deer will first go
bund the snake keeping the snake
ound and suddenly draw its feet
hd springing up into the air with
bme down with its full weight upon
cutting it to pieces"
THE "BUCK FEVER"
h is the buck fever'?'
a sudden trembling and loss of nerve
deer first comes in range. Every
5 it at first and even old hunters get
king and trembling as if they had the
Yes, l had it the first time L went
Being inexperienced / was placed on
lnway in an out of the way spot, where
uhe the 4 - Iso, !, -s.aa,esaAVutO come. But as
ned luck wo,ld 13 3gs drove the ami
ad- NAL 6iroctI,, - us. 1t was large
tlon doe md ro,, !" fifteen feet of me
ani stonnod ona me in great curios-
ity To co.,. ~ excited does not half
te Ii the wov sad my gun in my
h| Ind and 80, houlder, but l could
II lot for tbo Tfo Il the trigger"
"Hova yo,, !. omen to shoot deer?'
ooh voc Der Of one case of a
Splendid ebo+ ,nan was in her shanty,
and beorino outside looked out.
- There stood a lex SIX OF seven rous
4 from the door. grasped her htSDahuS
rife and o;n, efullly killed it at the
- first shot g. very proud of her sue
cess. can - Speaking of women,
this trait Of ty in deer, one would
: WI say. sbowc q ably feminine character
~ istic. Thew isk their lives often to
~ gratifv il i that riding through the
int, woods inst III came away three large
tws deer ahead stopped and gazed at us
Of until We We thin twenty feet Of them,
lent then wonld head and again wait for us
! at to catch macy did this for long dis
ssic tance ~, no rifles or we could easily
wn. have killed.. Why, I've seen them so
ter interested ayiy dressed lumberman that
1fS they wouN the man get almost close
ny, enough TO othem with his ak; and in the
ne lumber g at night, when the men are
Vh singing .utting up, the deer will often
Is come clo3 to the shanty to try to get
I look in. ere is one characteristic about
4 deer thay people know of-that is, their
% sneakinfopensity. Instead Of at once
il boldly tlg cover when pursued they will
crouch yn and sneak away. They get
4 easily FUSED, too. | have como on to
y deer s,enly and surprise has caused it to
I run arid in circle Of three or four rods,
4 diane several times. New York Mail
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